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...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Chief executive of a participating political subdivision" means the elected chief executive of a participating political subdivision or, if the political subdivision does not have an elected chief executive, a member of the political subdivision's governing body or an employee of the political subdivision appointed by the governing body's members to be its representative for ...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Ammunition" has the same meaning as in section 2305.401 of the Revised Code. (2) "Concealed handgun license," "deadly weapon," "firearm," and "valid concealed handgun license" have the same meanings as in section 2923.11 of the Revised Code. (3) "Licensee" has the same meaning as in section 2923.124 of the Revised Code. (B) The transport, storage, sale, transfer, commerce in,...

...Application for a civil defense certificate of necessity shall be filed at such time, in such manner, and in such office as may be prescribed by rule adopted pursuant to section 5502.51 of the Revised Code, but no later than the expiration of six months after the beginning of construction, reconstruction, erection, or installation of the structure or the acquisition of the equipment. The application shall be in such ...

...Before issuing any civil defense certificate, the certifying authority shall give notice in writing by registered mail to the tax commissioner, and, in case the application relates to a structure, written notice to the county auditor of the county in which such structure is or is to be located, and shall afford to the applicant and the tax commissioner and the county auditor to whom such notice has been given an oppo...

...A civil defense certificate, when issued, shall be sent by registered mail to the applicant and notice of such issuance, in the form of certified copies thereof, shall be sent by registered mail by the certifying authority to the tax commissioner and to the county auditor of the county in which any property to which the same relates is located. Notice of the order of the certifying authority denying, revoking, or mod...

...Any party aggrieved by the issuance, the refusal to issue, the revocation, or the modification of a civil defense certificate may appeal to the common pleas court of the county in which the property to which the same relates, or would relate, is located. The party desiring to appeal shall file a notice of appeal with the certifying authority setting forth the order appealed from and the grounds of his appeal. A copy ...

...Whenever a civil defense certificate is revoked because it was obtained by fraud or misrepresentation, all taxes that would have been payable had no certificate been issued shall be assessed with maximum penalties prescribed by the law applicable thereto.

...No civil defense structure shall be considered an improvement on the land on which the same is located for the purpose of real property taxation, if and from the time that a certified copy of the civil defense certificate shall have been filed in the office of the county auditor of the county in which the same is situated, and so long as such civil defense certificate shall be in force.

...No civil defense structure or equipment shall be considered as "used in business" for the purpose of personal property taxation.

...No civil defense structure or equipment for which a civil defense certificate has been issued shall be considered as an asset of any corporation in determining the value of its issued and outstanding shares or the value of the property owned and used by it in this state for the purpose of the franchise tax.

...Where for reasons of national defense, a structure is constructed by an industry that is included on the list of critical industries as furnished by the federal emergency management agency, and the structure is located underground or in such similar fashion so as to provide superior protection against attack, that portion of the cost of the structure that is attributable to the added protection shall not be considere...

...The director of public safety shall adopt and may amend or rescind rules and standards, consistent with sections 5502.42 to 5502.51 of the Revised Code, to govern the issuance of civil defense certificates and carry out the purposes of those sections.

...c and commercial television and radio broadcasters, and others as deemed necessary by the governor. (B) The statewide emergency alert program shall not be implemented unless all of the following activation criteria are met: (1) The local investigating law enforcement agency confirms that an abduction has occurred. (2) An abducted child is under eighteen years of age. (3) The abduction poses a credible threa...

...ssociation of chiefs of police; (9) A broadcast industry designee; (10) A victim or a victim's advocate; (11) A representative from a local or regional AMBER plan; (12) A representative of any other agency or organization as deemed appropriate by the governor. (D) The governor shall select one member to serve as chairperson for a two-year term. (E) The committee may meet periodically to review and evaluate the ...

...ic and commercial television and radio broadcasters, and others as determined necessary by the governor. No name shall be given to the program created under this division that conflicts with any alert code standards that are required by federal law and that govern the naming of emergency alert programs. (B) The statewide emergency alert program shall not be implemented unless all of the following activation criter...

...c and commercial television and radio broadcasters, the state's cable systems, and others as considered necessary by the governor. (C) A statewide blue alert shall be activated if all of the following activation criteria are met: (1) A local law enforcement agency confirms that a law enforcement officer has been seriously injured or killed, and a suspect has not been apprehended, or that a law enforcement off...

...As used in sections 5502.61 to 5502.66 of the Revised Code: (A) "Federal criminal justice acts" means any federal law that authorizes financial assistance and other forms of assistance to be given by the federal government to the states to be used for the improvement of the criminal and juvenile justice systems of the states. (B)(1) "Criminal justice system" includes all of the functions of the following: (...

...(A) There is hereby created in the department of public safety a division of criminal justice services. The director of public safety, with the concurrence of the governor, shall appoint an executive director of the division of criminal justice services. The executive director shall be the head of the division. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the director of public safety. To carry out the dutie...

...(A) The division of criminal justice services in the department of public safety shall prepare a poster and a brochure that describe safe firearms practices. The poster and brochure shall contain typeface that is at least one-quarter inch tall. The division shall furnish copies of the poster and brochure free of charge to each federally licensed firearms dealer in this state. As used in this division, "federally li...

...(A) A county may enter into an agreement with the largest city within the county to establish a metropolitan county criminal justice services agency, if the population of the county exceeds five hundred thousand or the population of the city exceeds two hundred fifty thousand. (B) A metropolitan county criminal justice services agency shall do all of the following: (1) Accomplish criminal and juvenile justice syste...

...(A)(1) When funds are available for criminal justice purposes pursuant to section 5502.64 of the Revised Code, the division of criminal justice services shall provide funds to metropolitan county criminal justice services agencies for the purpose of developing, coordinating, evaluating, and implementing comprehensive plans within their respective counties. The division of criminal justice services shall provide fund...

...(A) In counties in which a metropolitan county criminal justice services agency does not exist, the division of criminal justice services shall discharge the division's duties that the director of public safety requires it to administer by establishing administrative planning districts for criminal justice programs. An administrative planning district shall contain a group of contiguous counties in which no county h...

...There is hereby created in the state treasury the justice program services fund. The fund shall consist of the court costs designated for the fund pursuant to section 2949.094 of the Revised Code and all money collected by the division of criminal justice services for nonfederal purposes, including subscription fees for participating in the Ohio incident-based reporting system under division (C) of section 5502.62 of...

...(A) There is hereby created in the state treasury the drug law enforcement fund. Ninety-seven per cent of three dollars and fifty cents out of each ten-dollar court cost imposed pursuant to section 2949.094 of the Revised Code shall be credited to the fund. Money in the fund shall be used only in accordance with this section to award grants to counties, municipal corporations, townships, township police districts, an...

...(A) There is hereby created the Ohio narcotics intelligence center in the department of public safety. The center shall operate as a division within the department. (B) The director of public safety shall appoint an executive director of the center. The executive director shall serve at the discretion of the director of public safety. The executive director shall advise the governor and the director of public safe...